Improved cakpet-fastenek



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Letters .Patent No. 66,981, dated July 23, 1867.

IMPROVBD CARPET-PASTENER.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN MATSON, of-Bridgeport, in the county ofFairfield, and State ot' Connecticut, have invented a new improvement inCarpet-Fastening; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection withthe accompanying drawings, and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specication, andrepresent in Figure 1, a perspective view of the fastener, and in Figure2, a. perspective view illustrating its operation.

This invention is designed to be fixed to the door, and the carpetintroduced into it and there firmly held.

and consists in the arrangement of a screw-clamp fixed to the Hoor, sothat the carpet may be introduced therein' and firmly secured, and sothat it may be released or removed at pleasure.

In order to the better understanding of my invention, as well as toenable others to construct the same, I will proceed to a. descriptionthereof, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A is the base, at right angles from which extends an upright, B,.supporting in a lng` D, projecting therefrom, a screw, C,.so that thescrew C may be turned down on to the base, or on to the carpet placedthereo` and so as tc clamp it {irmly therein. The base A is providedwith one or more holes a, by which it is secured to the door.

The fastener is set and secured to the floor, as seen in iig. 2, closeupto the base B. The edge of the carpet is then introduced below the screwC, and when so introduced, the screw C is turned down on to the carpet,clamping it securely at that point, as many of the fasteners being usedand at such points as it is desired to secure the edge ofthe carpet. Anindentation, d, Ain the base below the screw, aids materially insecuring the carpet, yet it is not essential. The head of the screw Iprefer to form so as to be turned with the thumb and flug-er, yet it maybe otherwise arranged. V

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduset'ul,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The carpet-fastener, consisting of the base A,A upright B, and lug D,with the screw C, constructed substantially as herein described, as anarticle of manufacture.

JOHN' MATSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, A. J. TIBBITS.

